¹Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

¹I elskede! tror ikke enhver Ånd, men prøver Ånderne, om de ere af Gud; thi mange falske Profeter ere udgåede i Verden.

²By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,

²Derpå kende I Guds Ånd: enhver Ånd, der bekender Jesus som Kristus, kommen i Kød, er af Gud.

³and every spirit who doesn’t confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God, and this is the spirit of the Antichrist, of whom you have heard that it comes. Now it is in the world already.

³Og enhver Ånd, der ikke bekender Jesus, er ikke af Gud; og dette er Antikrists Ånd, om hvilken I have hørt, at den kommer, og den er allerede nu i Verden.

⁴You are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.

⁴Mine Børn! I ere af Gud og have overvundet dem, fordi den, som er i eder, er større end den, som er i Verden.

⁵They are of the world. Therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them.

⁵De ere af Verden; derfor tale de af Verden, og Verden hører dem.

⁶We are of God. He who knows God listens to us. He who is not of God doesn’t listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

⁶Vi ere af Gud. Den, som kender Gud, hører os; den, som ikke er af

⁷Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God, and knows God.

⁷I elskede! lader os elske hverandre, thi Kærligheden er af Gud, og hver den, som elsker, er født at Gud og kender Gud.

⁸He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.

⁸Den, som ikke elsker, kender ikke Gud, thi Gud er Kærlighed.

⁹By this God’s love was revealed in us, that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.

⁹Deri blev Guds Kærlighed åbenbaret iblandt os, at Gud har sendt sin Søn, den enbårne, til Verden, for at vi skulle leve ved ham.

¹⁰In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice “atoning sacrifice” is from the Greek “hilasmos,” an appeasing, propitiating, or the means of appeasement or propitiation—the sacrifice that turns away God’s wrath because of our sin. for our sins.

¹⁰Deri består Kærligheden: ikke at vi have elsket Gud, men at han har elsket os og udsendt sin Søn til en Forsoning for vore Synder.

¹¹Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.

¹¹I elskede! har Gud således elsket os, da ere også vi skyldige at elske hverandre.

¹²No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.

¹²Ingen har nogen Sinde set Gud; dersom vi elske hverandre, bliver Gud i os, og hans Kærlighed er fuldkommet i os.

¹³By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.

¹³Derpå kende vi, at vi blive i ham, og han i os, at han har givet os af sin Ånd.

¹⁴We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world.

¹⁴Og vi have skuet og vidne, at Faderen bar udsendt Sønnen til Frelser for Verden.

¹⁵Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.

¹⁵Den, som bekender, at Jesus er Guds Søn, i ham bliver Gud, og han i Gud.

¹⁶We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.

¹⁶Og vi have erkendt og troet den Kærlighed, som Gud har til os. Gud er Kærlighed, og den, som bliver i Kærligheden, bliver i Gud, og Gud i ham.

¹⁷In this love has been made perfect among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is, even so are we in this world.

¹⁷Deri er Kærligheden fuldkommet hos os, at vi have Frimodighed på Dommens Dag, fordi, ligesom han er, således ere også vi i denne Verden.

¹⁸There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.

¹⁸Frygt er ikke i Kærligheden, men den fuldkomne Kærlighed driver Frygten ud; thi Frygt bringer Straf; men den, som frygter, er ikke fuldkommet i Kærligheden.

¹⁹We love him, because he first loved us.

¹⁹Vi elske, fordi han elskede os først.

²⁰If a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn’t love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

²⁰Dersom nogen siger: "Jeg elsker Gud," og hader sin Broder, han er en Løgner; thi den, der ikke elsker sin Broder, som han har set, hvorledes kan han elske Gud, som han ikke har set?

²¹This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.

²¹Og dette Bud have vi fra ham, at den, som elsker Gud, skal også elske sin Broder.